Effingham Buckley Morris III, 90, of Boothbay Harbor, died at home on Nov. 20.
Buck was born in Philadelphia, Penn., the son of Effingham Buckley Morris, Jr. and Julia Peabody Lewis Morris.
He was a member of the class of 1936 at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., and the class of 1940 at Yale University. In 1941, he attended the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Alameda, Cal.
In the late 1930’s, Buck learned to fly at Wings Field and was a life member of the Philadelphia Aviation Country Club. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Navy, attended flight school in Pensacola, Fla., and was assigned to the flight training command, Naval Air Station, Glenview to provide instruction in aeronautical acrobatics. He was then assigned to Naval Air Transport Service, VR-11 based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
After the war, he flew briefly for the Collier brothers with Plantation Airlines in Florida, and then joined Pan American Airlines. He served as an instructor and check pilot for most of his 31 years with the company. Upon his retirement from PanAm, he flew privately for the Saudi Royal Family before ending his 40-year career in aviation.
Buck was predeceased by his first wife, Emily Fuller Henriques Morris in 2003; second wife, Joanne Smith Morris in 1998; and son, Grant Winslow Morris in 1978.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Black Morris of Boothbay Harbor; daughters, Julia L. Morris of Bristol, R.I., Carol E. Eckmeder and husband Preston of New Hope, Penn., and May C. Morris of Middletown, R.I.; sons, Sam Morris and wife Connie of Boothbay Harbor, and James P. Morris and wife Gina of Howell, Mich.; stepdaughter, Juliet Coombs and husband William of Boothbay Harbor; sister, Julia M. Disston of White Marsh, Penn.; half-brothers, Anthony Morris of California, and Sidney Morris of Nantucket, Mass.; half-sister, Virginia Morris of California; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours 4-7 p.m., Fri., Nov. 30 at Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home, 975 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay.
Funeral 1:30 p.m., Sat., Dec. 1 at the Bremen Union Church, Rt. 32, Bremen.
Should friends desire, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Bremen Union Church, P.O. Box 223, Bremen, ME 04551.
Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons, Harrington & Hall Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 975 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay.
